Juliette Low
Heart Ball
Broadway Revue
Joan Gilmore is announced as the Honorary Chairman of the Juliette Low Leadership Society’s Annual Luncheon. Page 2.
American Heart Association Sweetheart Estelle Clark and her father Coleman dance the night away at the Heart Ball. Pages B1 & B5.
Don’t miss the OCU School of Dance’s spring show, March 12-14. Page 2.
OKC FRIDAY Vol. 53 No. 44 • Two Sections • 16 pages March 6, 2020
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Casady hopes to bring Little Library to park
TRIUMPHANT Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt addresses the crowd during his second State of the City address against a backdrop of the city’s skyline.
By Ashley Haley Staff Writer A Little Free Library could soon find its way to Johnson Park in The Village as the Lower Division of Casady School hopes to use it as a service project for its students. At a regular city council meeting, Casady School head librarian Michaela Freeland proposed the idea. With the approval of the city council, Casady School Lower Division hopes to build a Little Free Library, a small structure where neighbors and students can add and take books to read for free. “Each child would bring a book from home that they are wanting to give away and we would go over as a class and restock and clean the library as a way of serving our neighbors and showing our dedication to literacy and the community,” Freeland said. Every two to three weeks, a different class from first to fourth grade will maintain and restock the library as a service project. The Little Free Library is to be made of plastic lumber which resists mold, mildew, pests and rot. Freeland said The Village officials can decide the color of the library that work best with the redesign of the park. The project is expected to cost about $500 for installation and
Mayor David Holt says 2019 was a ‘remarkable’ year By Rose Lane Editor Addressing a crowd of 1,600 people with even more tuning in on Facebook live, Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt said in his second State of the City address we have a “remarkable year in our rearview mirror.” “The state of our city as we sit here today is triumphant,” he said at the luncheon hosted by the Greater OKC Chamber. The passage of MAPS 4 was the “seminal moment of last year,” he said. Holt has divided his priorities as mayor into four categories — core services, quality of life/MAPS, public education and incorporating the diversity of the city into the decision-making process. According to a scientific survey of Oklahoma City residents, Holt said 64 percent said they were very satisfied or satisfied with core services, 27 percent had no opinion and only 8 percent were dissatisfied. “That is encouraging stuff, but nevertheless, we don’t rest on our laurels, and we are well aware of the areas in which we are deficient, most notably the quality of our streets and our transit service,” he said. Oklahoma City is currently in the midst of the largest street repair initiative in the city’s history following the
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Cristo Rey to present Judy Love with OKC Legacy Award Cristo Rey Oklahoma City Catholic High School (Cristo Rey OKC) is honoring Judy Love with the Cristo Rey OKC Legacy Award for her passionate and LOVE selfless commitment to the school, its mission, and most importantly, its students. “Judy’s support of Cristo
Rey is remarkable,” said Bob Ross, Inasmuch Foundation chairman and CEO and Cristo Rey OKC Cinco de Mayo co-chairman. “She leads by example and we know her dedication to Cristo Rey will inspire others to join in our efforts to create a model education for future generations. We are honored to have such a dynamic community member like Judy See LOVE, Page 3